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and it will allocate more than $250 million to support the civil rights division's efforts to address bias, intimidation and discrimination from america's housing and lending markets to our schools, workplaces, border area ands our voting booths. now, unfortunately, our capacity to build upon this comprehensive work has been negatively impacted by sequestration, which recently cut over $1.6 billion from the department's budget. these cuts have a detrimental effect on our employees,on the america's law enforcement community. despite our best efforts to reduce expenses, i'm very concerned about the department's ability to keep the fbi, the atf, the dea and the u.s. marshals service both this year and next. less than a month ago using my limited authorities to transfer and allocate existing funds, i provided $150 million to the bureau of prisons to avoid furloughing more than 3,500 correctional staff each day from federal prisons around the country. this would have created serious life and safety threats for our staff, inmay notes and the public. i want to thank chairman wolf and members
and it will allocate more than $250 million to support the civil rights division's efforts to address bias, intimidation and discrimination from america's housing and lending markets to our schools, workplaces, border area ands our voting booths. now, unfortunately, our capacity to build upon this comprehensive work has been negatively impacted by sequestration, which recently cut over $1.6 billion from the department's budget. these cuts have a detrimental effect on our employees,on the...
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rights. >> know if you go up to 1964 new look at it for example there were two civil rights bills in the 50s that didn't pass and kennedy voted against both of them and the majority of republican senators voted for it and the same thing happened in 64. the vast majority of republicans voted for the civil rights act of 64. the southern strategy i didn't mention and i didn't go there to mention that things that don't make us look so good in the republican party. that was one reason for not bringing up the southern judge in the comments by kevin phillips were unsavory and not something that would help us and probably did hurt us in solidifying the african-american vote frankly. my point is they didn't cause that and was or something else you are asking? >> people have told me they think the willie brown ad was racist and people talking about -- reagan talking about welfare queens was racist. what did i say? i do make mistakes. anyway that's what i meant but i think yeah i think there is some basis in argument of some of the tax takes through the years and so i think the other thing is w
rights. >> know if you go up to 1964 new look at it for example there were two civil rights bills in the 50s that didn't pass and kennedy voted against both of them and the majority of republican senators voted for it and the same thing happened in 64. the vast majority of republicans voted for the civil rights act of 64. the southern strategy i didn't mention and i didn't go there to mention that things that don't make us look so good in the republican party. that was one reason for not...
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we have seen, and resulted in thinthe civil rights movement ad 1965 voting rights act. we have seen what it means to keep people away from the polls. that's a dark time for this nation. that's not something we want to go back to. >> one of the things i've noticed that we're supposed have it on tuesday historically. is there anything that by statute or by constitution that requires it to be on a tuesday? or is that something that we can look at as -- new word democracy she left two days and they usually declared its a nonwork day so it gives people an ability to get out there and vote. is there something that i don't understand about this designation of tuesday's? >> if you look at it it has a lot to do with the way our society was configured many years ago in a query and society. and tuesday was a great day, i do know, for market research or something along those lines but we are in a different time, a different erika and i think a lot, some the things states are doing with regard to expanding voting to weekends makes a lot of sense. people have to work generally on tue
we have seen, and resulted in thinthe civil rights movement ad 1965 voting rights act. we have seen what it means to keep people away from the polls. that's a dark time for this nation. that's not something we want to go back to. >> one of the things i've noticed that we're supposed have it on tuesday historically. is there anything that by statute or by constitution that requires it to be on a tuesday? or is that something that we can look at as -- new word democracy she left two days...
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later panel discussions on the modern day civil rights movement from the national action networking annual conference. on the next washington democrat of arizona. he'll talk about the debate on immigration in the house and share his thought on a bipartisan senate bill scheduled to be released this week. then indiana congressman luke messer previews the upcoming budget deliberation prospect for gun control and legislation in the house. later steven emmerson the executive director of investigative project on terrorism. he discusses development following the bombing at boston marathon on monday. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. responsible for the report is made up of a bipartisan group of former members of congress, law school professors, and a former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. the press conference live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> one of the questions i'm asked is why did we do this? i think the shorter answer is that the monitor is a significant ship wreck. so important not tonight national area but enable history around the world
later panel discussions on the modern day civil rights movement from the national action networking annual conference. on the next washington democrat of arizona. he'll talk about the debate on immigration in the house and share his thought on a bipartisan senate bill scheduled to be released this week. then indiana congressman luke messer previews the upcoming budget deliberation prospect for gun control and legislation in the house. later steven emmerson the executive director of...
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the civil rights movement as i was growing up and states' rights. the rhetoric was again about what are the powers that we have here in this city versus the communities and the states, and here we are, number ten, the tea party and the urge to shrink government. the resistance to the affordable care act. i always was surprised that summer that people were getting red in the face about a health care bill. it wasn't the health care bill. it was the perception that washington was somehow taking over something that should have been left to them. gun control is a classic example which we were debating last week, and the irony and the difficulty of gun control is it's -- the problem is largely local and particularly in urban areas, but the solution is national because the guns that are being misused in urban areas come from all over the country, and that's why, in my opinion, we need national legislation, at a minimum background checks and trafficking regulation. regulation itself is an expression of governmental power, and it's resisted in many parts of
the civil rights movement as i was growing up and states' rights. the rhetoric was again about what are the powers that we have here in this city versus the communities and the states, and here we are, number ten, the tea party and the urge to shrink government. the resistance to the affordable care act. i always was surprised that summer that people were getting red in the face about a health care bill. it wasn't the health care bill. it was the perception that washington was somehow taking...
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this is not a responsible balance between civil liberties and national security. fromat the very beginning of ths debate, the senator from south carolina and the senator from new hampshire and i and others have maintained that the administration should reserve its right to hold the suspect as an enemy combatant for the purposes of gathering intelligence. the full extent of whether the -- the brothers' trip too russia certainly should be the subject of an inquiry. and additional questioning is critical to i can maain ma makit clear, but today there's ample evidence that would alou the administration to question the suspect for key intelligence. the consequences of not doing so is that our they'd to question the ussr expect for such intelligence is left solely at his discretion and willingness to cooperate. that's not a responsible approach to the national security of this country. again, this is not to say that we must hold the suspect indefinitely in military detention, nor that the suspect must be or should be tried in a military tribunal. in both cases, there is
this is not a responsible balance between civil liberties and national security. fromat the very beginning of ths debate, the senator from south carolina and the senator from new hampshire and i and others have maintained that the administration should reserve its right to hold the suspect as an enemy combatant for the purposes of gathering intelligence. the full extent of whether the -- the brothers' trip too russia certainly should be the subject of an inquiry. and additional questioning is...